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Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...
Liposuction under the chin (submental) and into the neck is a common enhancement procedure done below the jawline. While it can be a stand alone procedure it is most commonly performed as an ancillary procedure with other regional surgeries such as chin and jawline implants. While the main effect may come from the bone enhancement Read More…
Background: The ‘debate’ between an implant and the sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation is an historic one and is often influenced by surgical specialty and patient preference. This debate can be largely irrelevant in modest chin augmentations where their aesthetic effects are more similar. But their aesthetic benefits begin to differ when the anatomic makeup Read More…
Neck contouring is a frequently requested procedure whether due to age-related sagging or congenital fullness. The desired contour of the neck as seen in profile is defined by the cervicomental angle. While people have a 90 degree cervicomental angle or can even ever achieve it, a neck angle in the 100 to120 degree range is Read More…
Background: The chin-jawline is the border that separates the face from the neck. The more pronounced the skeletal lower third of the face is the less the neck is seen. While the entire jawline contributes to the projection of the lower face, the chin makes the greatest contribution since it is a single point projection Read More…
Background: There is a classic debate that occurs in chin augmentation as to whether it should be done by an implant or moving the chin bone. There are a lot of factors that go into that decision for each patient from an emotional preference to cost and recovery. But all of those issues aside one Read More…
Background: The jawline and neck are connected by more than just anatomic proximity. The amount of projection of the chin and the length of the jawline affects the appearance of the neck profile. The shorter the chin projection the more obtuse the cervicomental neck angle becomes. Conversely the greater the chin projection the less obtuse/more Read More…
Tracheal Augmentation A prominent Adam’s apple or thyroid cartilage creates a central neck bulge that is a distinctively male trait. Its reduction, of course, is the one of the most well known facial feminization procedures. Conversely the trachea can be augmented in the FMS patient by a special implant designed to create a more prominent Read More…
The submentoplasty procedure is the least recognized of all aesthetic neck surgeries. It is a neck reshaping procedure the lies between the very commonly performed neck liposuction with the more extensive necklift or lower facelift. It starts with neck liposuction with adds central submuscular neck defatting with platysma muscle plication. (neck muscle suturing) It can Read More…
Background: The facelift procedure is an operation that is well known but not well appreciated by patients in its details. Much attention is given to various facelift techniques such as SMAS manipulation, deep plane dissection and cheek lifting. While all of these techniques are important and have valuable roles to play in facelift surgery, some Read More…
Background: Advanced aging of the neck presents as a turkey neck deformity. Loose skin, excess fat and midline platysma muscle separation create a central droop of the neck that often ends up as a straight line in profile from the chin to the Adam’s apple. Besides its appearance, the laxity of the tissues often swings Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...